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Subject: Re: From the ChessBase site: Fritz vs Kramnik

Author: Tony Nichols

Date: 08:45:25 03/01/06

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On March 01, 2006 at 11:23:45, Uri Blass wrote:

>On March 01, 2006 at 09:11:52, Tord Romstad wrote:
>
>>Taken from the ChessBase site:
>>
>>http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2947
>>
>>    The classical World Chess Champion against the world's strongest
>>    computer program: In the WORLD CHESS CHALLENGE (WCC) 2006 classical
>>    chess World Champion Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) will play a match
>>    against the world's leading chess computer program, Deep Fritz
>>    (Germany).
>>
>>Calling Fritz "the world's leading chess computer program" is not just
>>stretching the truth, it's blatantly untrue.  I refuse to believe that
>>ChessBase is unaware of the existence of chess programs stronger than
>>Fritz.  They are lying, plain and simple.
>>
>>It is also getting boring to always watch the same programs get the
>>chance to play against the top GMs.
>>
>>Tord
>
>The match is in dates 25.11. to 05.12.06 and we cannot be 100% sure that fritz
>is not going to be the best program at that time(inspite of the fact that I do
>not expect it to happen)
>

 What we know is that Fritz is not the strongest program. So any claims that it
is are false(a lie).

>I do not support chessbase advertisement but I think that it is not a lie but
>only a misleading advertisement.
>
>Lying is saying something that you know that it is not correct and in this case
>it is possible that deep fritz is going to be the strongest computer program in
>the time of the match and in that case the claims in the advertisement are
>correct(chessbase did not claim that fritz is today the strongest program).
>

 Wether or not Fritz someday becomes the strongest program does not change the
fact that Chessbase is lying.

Regards
Tony

>Uri



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